Bucket.



A. F. BRANT.

, 1914. 1, 1 11,357, Patented Sept. 22, 1914.

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A TTORNE Y useful Improvements!in Buckets, of which i ANTQNIA F. BRANT, OF'ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA.

- BUCKET.

To ZZZZ whom it may coneem;

Be it known thatuI, ANTONIA F. BRANT, a citizen of the Un1tedStates, residing at State of California, have invented new and the following is a specification. v

There are various kinds of 'operatlons,

. such as cleaning windows, washing floors or walls, and theilike in which there. are used pails or lnicketstocarry water for cleansing in connection withone or more articles, such as soap,;sponges, brushes and cloths,".to assist in the'cleansing operation.

The object of the present invention is to provide bucket of mprovedE-form, which will not onlycontain;jwater ;},but serve as a receptacle for sald auxiliary articles.

Inthe accompanying drawing, Figurel is a sectional ViBW of my improved bucket; Fig. 2 is a broken side view of a modified form. g 1 i Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a bucket of papier-Inach, galvanized iron, vood, or any material suitable for the purpose. Said bucket is open at the top and has the usual bail 2. The bottom 3 of the water receptacle of the bucket is not at substantially the lowermost-portion of the bucket, as has heretofore been customary,

but is a false bottom at some distance from said lowermost portion, and I provlde near the lowermost portion of-the bucket closure 5 :for the lower end of the bucket forming a receptacle-6 for holding accessories, such as soap, a sponge, a brushfa cloth, or the Specification of Letters Patent; Patented Sept, 22,1914. Application fil ed January 10, 1914.- Serial No. 811,410.

like. This receptacle 6 has one or more hand openings 7 in its side permitting of ready access to its interior.

- In the modification of the invention shown in Fig. 52, the auxiliary receptacle 0 is detachably secured to the bottom of the bucket by the engagement ofbayonetslots S therein with pins 9 extending from the side of the bucket near the bottom.

, An advantage ofmy improved form of bucket is that, while providing a receptacle for the articles necessary to be used by the person carrying the bucket, without mate- 'i'ially' increasing the cost, it does not change the ordinary mode of use of the bucket, the

filling of the same with water, and discharging the water'therefrome f I claim r A water-bucket, having a circular false bottom secured at a uniform height entirely 1, around its edgeto the wall of the bucket to form the bottom of the water receptacle, said wall being extended belou said bottom,

. and a circular closurefor the extended portion of the wall, forming therewith a receptacle for accessorles, sald extended por- "tion having a hole therethrough sufliciently large .to permit the convenient' passage of a nians hand. I In testimony whereof have hereunto set my hand inthe witnesses: H

ANTONIA F. BRANT. Witnesses: 1

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT, DL'B. RIOHARDS."

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